On the podcast today, I'm with Dr. Saj Rajpah, a consultant dermatologist.

We talk about hormones in the skin, how important they are, and why they've been neglected for so long.

We do also touch on whether using estrogen on our faces is a good idea or not.

So, Saj, you are a frequent visitor for my podcast, but not in real life, actually. This is the first time that we've done it in this studio, which is great. It's really great to be here and to be on your podcast again. Thanks for having me. Oh, thank you. Well, you are, I was saying to Jack, who runs the studio, you are my go-to dermatologist, not just for me, but for patients. My children come to you.

My husband comes to you.

Because you're a general dermatologist.

And there's very few people that are really general dermatologists because the skin is a window

into our bodies.

We've talked about this many times before.

And so often, and I think it's getting worse, actually, that people think if their face

looks all right, then the body is going to be okay.

And so many people have work and tweakments and all sorts of things to their face,

but they're not thinking about the rest of their organs and how their skin is a window

into everything else, do they?

Oh, yeah. I think it's so important to appreciate that the skin is an organ.

Yeah. And it's one of the biggest organs in the body. And yes, we can actually tell when

somebody's got systemic illnesses or issues with their health, you know, there are findings on

the skin that could suggest somebody's got a low thyroid hormone level or a high thyroid hormone level.

Diabetes presents on the skin.

Even a low iron level can present on the skin.

And of course, hormone deficiencies present on the skin as well.

So, yeah, the skin really is a window into somebody's health status and well-being.

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